Raisins in Apple Cider Vinegar

Do you like sour plums? Do you like raisins? I like sour plums very much and it's not healthy at all. Recently, my friend told me about Raisins in vinegar and told me of its benefits. So i give it a try. The picture above showed the raisins that have been soaked in apple cider vinegar for 24 hours. It became plump and juicy which they filled with vinegar. The taste is sourish but not too sour as raisins contain natural sweetness in them.
Here are the dry raisins. I bought ORGANIC raisins where no added sugar.

To make Raisins in vinegar, you need a glass bottle, vinegar(any organic vinegar will do), and raisins(use organic big size raisins). Put the raisins in the glass bottle and fill in vinegar till covering all the raisins. Then eave it for 24 hours and you can consume 10 raisins each day. You don't need to keep it in the fridge. You can consume the vinegar after you finished the raisins too!!

So, what are the benefits for health:

1. prevent colon cancer
2. restore vision problems
3. Enhance skin complexion and repair collagen
4. fast reliever for fatigue effect
5. improve anemia and malignant dermatis
6. prevent presbyopia, usually occurs beginning at around age 40
7. heals skin disease
8. help in WEIGHT LOSS
9. prevent and reduce the fibroid growth
10. improved dementia sickness
11. naturally improve leukemia
12. improve Tinnitus, also known as "ringing in the ears" and rhinitis known as runny nose

raisins are low in sodium,fat free and rich source of antioxidants.

Healthy Gado-Gado Recipe

Sauce is the most important thing in this recipe. I made this sauce with organic peanut butter,chilli paste,molasses syrup,soysauce and water.
I used cabbage,carrots,lettuce,tempeh and eggs in this dish.

The sauce really goes well with the eggs..Taste so yummy. It is a balance meal with vegetables and protein.

Ingredients:
Shredded cabbage
Carrots(cut into strips)

Then blanch them in boiling water for 1 minute.Then Drain

Tempeh(bake in oven for 10 minutes)
-Cut into small pieces

hard-boiled egg 1(cut into halves)

Then arrange everything in a plate and serve with yummy gado-gado sauce.

For the sauce, mix all ingredients and boil for 3 minutes.

Tempeh Salad Recipe

What is tempeh? Tempeh is is made from whole soybeans, and possesses all the health benefits of soybeans. Due to the fermentation process of tempeh, it changes the properties of the soybeans.

What are the benefits of tempeh?

1. It has high fiber content which is more than one people consume a day!

2. Tempeh is also easy to digest.Tempeh is a great choice for people who have difficulty digesting plant-based high-protein foods like beans and legumes or soy foods such as tofu. The process of fermentation makes the soybeans softer, since enzymes produced by the mould predigests a large portion of the basic nutrients. The Rhizopus moulds produce an enzyme phytase which breaks down phytates, thereby increasing the absorption of minerals such as zinc, iron and calcium.
The fermentation process greatly reduces the oligosaccharides that make beans hard to digest for some people. Studies have shown tempeh to be essentially non-flatulent and producing no more gas than non-legume food.

3. Tempeh is contains very low-sodium!Unlike miso which has high contain of sodium.

4. Contains natural antibiotics

5. Good for diabetic patients who tend to have problems with animal source of protein.The protein and fiber in tempeh can also prevent high blood sugar levels and help in keeping blood sugar levels under control.

Isn't tempeh amazing food?? However, this food is only famous among Malay. :(

Here is the tempeh salad i made and with the salad dressing I invented!Looks good?
I added toasted peanuts and sesame to make the salad has some crunchy bites!

Ingredients:

1. 2 slice of purple cabbage
2. half cucumber
3. 100 grams of turnip
4. half carrots

All the vegetables are shredded.

For the tempeh, cut into small pieces and bake in an oven for about 10 minutes,

Then mix all the vegetables, nuts and tempeh with salad dressing. It is really a healthy food!!
Give it a try!!

Bayam and snow fungus Soup Recipe

This is a very very clear soup. No oil is required at all. I love clear clear soup!I always alter my own recipe base on my favourite and also to make the dish becomes more interesting. My key is diversity. So, for this soup i added snow fungus in it as snow fungus is believed to have loads of benefits for health. Lets me name some here:

1. Enhance body liquids, to cure dry coughs and also or palpitations the trembling nervous system.

2. A stimulating herb and also as a beauty augmenting medicine. It is widely used for the betterment of the skin tone.

3. During researches scientists have discovered that snow fungus has qualities that fights tumor growth, reduces the intensity of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or harmful cholesterol, safeguards the liver, combats swellings and irritations and also retards the aging process.

Ingredients:

1. Anchovies 20 grams
2. dried scallops 20grams
3. red bayam 1 packet
4. chilli 1
5. snow fungus 3(presoaked for an hour)
6. water 1.5 liters
7. 3 cloves of garlic

Methods:
1. Cook anchovies and garlics in water for 10-15 minutes. Then, remove the anchovies and garlics.
2. Add in the dried scallops and snow fungus and cook for 10 minutes. Then, add in red bayam and chilli(cut). Cook till the bayam is soft. Then add in salt to taste.


For vegetarian, You might skip the anchovies,scallops and garlic. Substitute with vegetable stocks or G-powder.

Japanese dressings Salad for Lunch

After a sleepless night due to stomach discomfort, i plan to have something light and appetizing.So i made a Japanese dressings salad where the dressing is sweet and sourish in taste.This is really easy to make.Let me share this new recipe with you guys here.

For me, i use all organic ingredients except the tuna.:)and you can skip the tuna if you are a vegetarian.

Ingredient:
1.Japanese cucumbers 3
2. beetroot 1
3. avocado half
4. green apple 1
5. Lotus fruit 1
6. some sunflower seeds
7. 1 can of japanese soy sauce tuna chunks
8. a few pieces of romanian salad leaves
9. Japanese dressings( Can be bought from japanese stores)


Methods:
1. Cut japanese cucumbers,beet root,avocado,green apple,lotus fruit into small chunks
2. cut the romanian salad leaves into small segments.
3. mix everything in a bowl and mix with japanese dressing(adequate amount)
4. add in tuna chunks and sprinkle the sunflower seeds to serve.


This is my first time in making this. The result is good.It is really nice and delicious.Hope you will like it!!!
Good Luck!

Acar(Indonesian Pickled Fruits and vegetables)

I am a food lover,so i always talk about foods and publish photos of foods that i cooked and also foods that i tried at some new places at my facebook page.then friends will start to give comments and request for recipe or information.

So,a friend of mine asked for acar recipe and i decided to share it here so that anyone who is interested in this can directly get it from my blog.

this recipe is actually from an my friend's auntie. I tried her acar during Chinese New Year open house and it was really mouthwatering!I always fancy sweet and sour taste foods. According to my friend's auntie this recipe was actually from her ancestor. i better treasure it as it is a proven good recipe.

Here come the recipe:

Ingredients:
1. cucumbers 5
2. carrots 5
3. pineapples 4 pieces(about half pineapple)
4.long beans 13
5. cabbage 1 medium size
6. Chilli 5

Ingredients 1 to 4 are cut in to long strips.
Ingredients 5 and 6 would be depends to individual
Ingredients 4 and 5 need to be scald in boiling water for 1 minute and drain.

Ingredients B:Spices Paste

1. 38shallots
2. 8 garlics
3. chilli padi(small chillies) 6stalks
4. chillies 12 stalks
5.dry chillies 5 stalks
6. lemongrass 1 stalk
7. laksa flower 1/4 stalk
8. belacan 1 small piece(need to be toasted on a wok till dry)
9. tumeric powder 2 tbsps
10. assam paste 1 packet(2 bowls of water)
11. rice vinegar(1 bowl)
12. sugar(2 bowls)
13. salt 2tbsps

Ingredients 1-7 blend in a blender into paste form.Then mix in the toasted belacan and fried till fragrant with some oil.Then add in the remaining ingredients to cook to boiling point.Then add in 4tbsps of corn flour which mix with some water.Then set aside the paste and let it cool.

Ingredients c: Peanuts 1.2kgs

Fried and blend.

After an hour of cooling for the paste,now add in all the vegetables and fruits and mix well with the spices.Then add in 1/4 of the fried peanuts.The remaining will be added during servings.

Happy trying!!!

Lei Cha, My Favourite foods

My Hakka Lei Cha Creations
I just love the bitterness of greens in this soup!Yummy

I still remember when i first introduced to Lei Cha 6 years ago by an organic cafe owner, i just couldn't accept the taste as it taste quite weird for the very first time.On top of that greenish smell, I have taken the tea soup cold.So that was why i felt it was not delicious.Then after a few weeks,i tried again at the organic cafe and it was served HOT and tell you what, i immediately fell in love!!!!!From that day onwards,im crazy for it!!Still remember that i had lei cha for thrice a week for 1 year long!!!!!Insane isn't it??

Nowadays, i will crave for this dish on and off...I don't mind eating this frequently but just that the organic cafe i love to have this dish is quite far away...or else i will be having it FREQUENTLY...

Recently, the crave becomes stronger,so i decided to make my own version of lei cha.:)and it tastes really yummy!!I just love the varieties of vegetables and the bitterness in the tea soup.Well, its not hard to do but its just a bit of trouble as we need to cut a wide varieties of vegetables selection into thin strips. Then we need to blend the herbs and nuts and seed together to form a soup paste.

So,i would like to share some knowlegge of Lei Cha and also the recipe.


Lei cha (擂茶; léi chá; literally "pounded tea") is a Hakka-Tea Based beverage or gruel consisting of a mix of tea leaves that are ground or pounded together with various roasted nuts,seeds and grains.


Lei Cha has become more and more famous for its health goodness. The goodness are:

1) Physical value: Enhance slimming & body detoxification
2) Pharmacological value: Fatigue prevention, vitality promotion, physical improvement, improves body functions, ease digestion, ease chronic bronchitis, prevent hypertension & hardening of arteries, effective for chronic rheumatic and arthritic, inhibiting cancer cell growth, helps treat diabetes, enhance relaxation & improves good sleep.

Lei Cha Recipe

Ingredients:

Vegetables selections: Choi Sum, Kai Lan(Kale), leeks,potato leaves,lettuce,pak choy,long beans, kai choy, tofu and choy pou(pickled sweet radish) etc.,cooked rice.

Nuts and Seeds: Roasted Peanuts, white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and etc.

Lei Cha Paste: basil leaves. peppermints, ai chao, corriander leaves, tian qi leaves(optional),some roasted peanuts and sesame seeds(grinded), green tea leaves or matcha powder)


Methods:
1)Cut the vegetables you choose to thin strips and fried them individually.
2) For the paste, cut all the herbs into thin strips and blend with some water and mix in grinded roasted peanuts and sesame seeds into the paste.
3)Arrange the vegetables on the plate
4) The soup is made with the herb paste and some matcha powder and salt to taste and with little bit of G powder and mix with hot boiling water.
5)Mix all vege and also rice with the Lei cha soup.

Happy trying!